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The Lover Who Sent Me To Prison Engsub Justice Reclaimed
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00:00Eight years ago the serial murder case I handled was overturned. The victims enraged families
00:05stabbed me multiple times outside my parents home demanding I pay with my life. My family ashamed
00:11of me cut off all ties. I was imprisoned for eight years on charges of gross misconduct.
00:16After my release I hid in a small coastal town in Maine became a fisherwoman and finally found
00:20something like peace. Then Lucas Drake arrived and shattered that peace. He was already a
00:25celebrated police commissioner famous throughout the state for cracking impossible cases. Outside
00:30my small wooden shack reporters packed in front of the door and shouted at the top of their voices
00:34Mrs. Voss Commissioner Drake hasn't married in eight years. Has he been waiting for you to come back?
00:40I looked at him standing there in the crowd wrapped in all his glory and all his medals and I
00:45almost
00:45laughed. Nobody knew that the man behind the wrongful conviction the one who had manufactured
00:50false evidence to earn his mistress a commendation then pushed me out front to take the fall was
00:55this very same devoted Commissioner Drake. The wooden door stayed shut. At the sight of it the
01:00reporters only grew louder on Lucas's behalf. Lucas himself remained composed. Boss Frank heard the
01:05noise outside getting worse and came out of the shack bowing slightly toward Lucas.
01:11Commissioner we're all law-abiding people here. We haven't done anything wrong. This little place
01:16can't accommodate someone of your standing sir. If you and all these people don't leave soon
01:22we won't have a business to run tomorrow. Serena! Commissioner Drake came all this way to find you.
01:27Come out and say hello! There's no need. Don't pressure. At the sound of that voice my hands went
01:33still over the fishing net I was mending. The sharp nylon cord had already cut a deep line across my
01:38fingers. Even after all these years that voice still reached right through me. Based on everything I knew
01:44about him the idea that Lucas Drake had lingering feelings for me was as absurd as the sun rising in
01:49the
01:49west. But I knew him well enough to know he wouldn't leave until I showed my face. Thinking of Boss
01:53Frank
01:54who had always been good to me I let out a long breath. Set down the net and walked out.
01:58The
01:58moment I appeared the reporters. Mrs. Boss how does it feel to go from a decorated genius detective to
02:03a fisherwoman? Commissioner Drake clearly still cares deeply for you. Are you avoiding him because
02:08you're still resentful to uphold the truth back then? We've heard your former apprentice has refused
02:11to marry for eight years waiting for the commissioner. What do you make of that? The reporters surged
02:16closer and a microphone jabbed against my face more than once. My gaze traveled over their heads
02:21and locked with Lucas's cold eyes from across the distance. Every muscle in my body went rigid.
02:27I opened my mouth. Nothing came out. The reporters getting no answer grew more aggressive. Several times
02:33nearly knocking me off my feet. Then he moved through the crowd and stepped in front of me blocking.
02:37Everyone this is a private matter between the two of us and is not open for comment.
02:44These people work hard for a living. Don't interfere with their livelihood. Please go.
02:49The reporters scattered grumbling. I exhaled and was about to turn back to the shack.
02:53Lucas spoke. Serena. I forced my body to stop trembling and looked up at him.
02:57Is there something you need Commissioner Drake? At the title I used he paused then asked slowly.
03:02These past years have you been all right? That question coming from him was genuinely absurd.
03:08I wanted to laugh and couldn't find it appropriate. He took another step toward me and raised his hand.
03:13I instinctively stepped back and didn't notice the stone at my feet. I went down hard, all four limbs
03:19in the air, the wound on my finger scraping the gravel, blood welling quietly. He rushed forward,
03:24his expression genuinely alarmed. Are you all right? Here, let me…
03:28I scrambled backward on my own and got myself up against the wall.
03:33I'm fine. Commissioner Drake, if there's nothing else, I'll head back in. I need to be out on the
03:37water before sunrise tomorrow. Lucas's expression flinched. Serena,
03:41does it have to be this formal between us? You don't know. These years I've…
03:45He was cut off by a voice. Daddy! Mommy and I missed you so much!
03:50A child of about eight or nine launched themselves into Lucas's arms. Stella Holt followed behind,
03:55supporting my parents as they walked. She took Lucas's outstretched hand and gave him a reproachful look.
04:00Lucas, how could you come visit my mentor without telling me? Mom and Dad were worried sick about
04:06you coming all the way out to a place like this on your own. She turned and smiled at me,
04:10a smile with just the faintest edge of condescension. No offense, Mantor. The little
04:15one just misses her daddy so much. And with this one making things lively, she just wants to be close
04:21to Lucas. My eyes moved without meaning to, to her flat abdomen. I thought of what the reporters
04:26had said and felt the bitterness of it. Lucas Drake hadn't married in eight years,
04:31waiting for me to come back. Yet he had two children with Stella Holt, one of them already
04:35this old. I thought back to before my imprisonment, when Stella had been wounded on duty and spent a
04:40year recovering at a rehabilitation facility. By a convenient coincidence, Lucas had been assigned
04:45away for a year at the same time. Most likely they had already started something then, and I had been
04:49the last to know. Still running cover for Stella, giving her credit, protecting her blindly.
04:54Before I could say a word, my parents turned on me. Serena Voss, how do you have the nerve to
04:59still
04:59be breathing? You've dragged our name through the dirt. Three years ago, your father had a stroke.
05:07If Stella hadn't been checking in on us regularly and gotten him to the hospital in time,
05:12he'd already be in the ground. I looked at their white hair and weathered faces. All these years,
05:18unable to be at their side, a wave of sorrow moved through me, watching how fiercely they defended
05:23Lucas and Stella made it cut even deeper. If they knew, if they knew that the people they were
05:28grateful to were the very ones who had destroyed their daughter, I wondered what they would feel.
05:33Lucas, a woman this ungrateful isn't worth a second of your concern. After what she did,
05:38I'd be too ashamed to show my face. You don't need to go chasing after her.
05:43We don't have a daughter anymore. Stella is our daughter, and you're still our son-in-law.
05:48Boss Frank looked for my parents' venomous expressions to me, and his eyes went strange.
05:53After everything they said, I found I had nothing left to say. My hands, trembling slightly,
05:58gave me away. Lucas noticed. He said in a tone of weary patience.
06:02These years, people have been blaming them too. Don't hold it against them.
06:06He soothed my parents gently, and before leaving, turned back to me one last time.
06:11What happened back then, I have always owed you for it.
06:14My number hasn't changed. Call me if you need anything.
06:18After my parents and the rest of them were gone, boss Frank's wife found me and put a hand on
06:23my
06:23shoulder. Her expression was complicated. In the end, she said nothing, but I knew something had
06:27shifted. Sure enough, the next day on the water, I was assigned the most barren stretch of sea.
06:33Serena, it's not that I'm not looking out for you.
06:37Yesterday's scene was too much, and you came out of prison. The others don't want to work near you.
06:43There's nothing I can do but send you out alone. I nodded in silence, held the heavy nets in hand,
06:48and walked toward the small boat that looked fragile against the waves. A sadness moved through me.
06:53The quiet I had built, Lucas Drake tore it apart with his own hand.
06:58For days, I did the hardest work for the lowest pay. Then, one week later, boss Frank found me and
07:04pressed a thick envelope into my hand. He avoided my eyes. Serena, I'm doubling this month's wages.
07:09Try your luck somewhere else.
07:13Was it Lucas?
07:14Boss Frank let out a long sigh.
07:16Don't blame me. You know what kind of man Commissioner Drake is.
07:19I'm just a regular person with a family to feed. How could I afford to cross him?
07:23Take a friend's advice. Make peace with him. A woman as sharp as you,
07:27someone who broke the cases you broke, you shouldn't be rotting in a place like this.
07:32The Commissioner only wants what's best for you.
07:35What's best for me? Those light, hollow words landed on me like a mountain. I stood there,
07:40holding the cash, fingers cold. I didn't argue. I didn't beg. I turned, packed what little I had,
07:45and left the coastal town I had barely lived in for a year. On the third day of being turned
07:49away,
07:49everywhere I went, Lucas called. Serena, I've arranged a civilian administrative position for
07:54you at the Harlow City Police Department. I'm sending someone to bring you in. You start in three days.
08:00Commissioner Drake, I cannot accept your generosities. I only ask one thing. Please leave me alone.
08:10Leave you alone? Lucas's voice stayed even. I'm only trying to help. There's no reason to treat me
08:16like a threat. I remember who you were, the pride of the force. If it weren't for… He paused. I
08:23know you
08:23hate me, but you can't go on destroying yourself like this. If a desk job doesn't appeal to you,
08:28come and consult for Stella instead. She just made deputy commissioner. It's a busy time for her.
08:34You were her mentor. It would be natural for you to guide her. I clenched my teeth and refused.
08:40I appreciate the thought. I only want a quiet life. He didn't engage with that. I understand you're
08:48still holding on to the past. But this isn't the moment for stubbornness. You'll understand my
08:52intentions later. Your intentions? Do you mean for me to go on being an accomplice in your wrongful
09:00convictions? Or to keep taking the fall for Stella Holt?
09:04Serena Voss! Watch what you say. This consultant position, you will take it whether you want to or
09:11not. Unless you want your parents to end up homeless in their old age, with no one to care for
09:19them.
09:19Of course. He always knew exactly where to press.
09:24On the third day after I returned to Harlow City, someone came and brought me to a venue. Camera
09:30shutters exploded from every direction. It was a press conference. Stella Holt sat at the front table.
09:37Behind her, a large screen displayed the event title. Thank you all for attending today. This press
09:44conference is a statement of our department's commitment to justice, rehabilitation, and second
09:49chances. She turned toward me. This is my mentor, Serena Voss. Though she once made a grave error,
09:57the law has rendered its judgment. We believe every person deserves the chance to begin again.
10:02Her gaze lingered on my pale face, her tone grave. As officers of the law, we do not abandon those
10:09who are willing to reform. Following a decision made jointly by Commissioner Drake and myself,
10:13we are pleased to appoint Ms. Serena Voss as a civilian forensic consultant to the Criminal
10:17Investigation Division. We hope she can contribute her experience and expertise to the community.
10:21The reporters erupted, feeling as though I had been stripped bare and put on display. She walked to me.
10:34The posture looked like deference. It was condescension worn as generosity. I watched the flash of
10:42triumph in her eyes and felt my stomach turn. While the room filled with murmurs of admiration for her
10:48grace, I became the backdrop that made them shine. That evening, the news cycle moved fast. I watched the
10:55notifications flood my phone and laughed. Once again, they had nailed me to the post of public shame,
11:00this time in front of the entire city. After the press conference, my parents came by from time to time.
11:08Every time, they looked at Stella with warm, maternal eyes. Every time, they looked at Lucas with grateful tenderness.
11:16Lucas, you've done so much. To still be managing this ungrateful girl, that's above and beyond.
11:24Serena, look at Stella. Look how far she's gone. If you had even half her worth, we could die in
11:30peace.
11:31My mother would even take Stella's hand.
11:33Stella, you're carrying now. Don't overwork yourself.
11:39If Serena gives you any trouble, you tell me, and I'll deal with her.
11:44I watched this scene. My heart had gone so numb it couldn't register pain anymore.
11:49Oh, by the way, Mentor, we've recently apprehended a gang of fugitives.
11:53Their leader seems to be connected to your old case.
11:57He's the younger brother of one of the victims from the serial murders you investigated.
12:01He's apparently had a grudge against you all this time. Says he's going to find you and make you pay.
12:09What? Is that true?
12:12My father slammed at the table and pointed at me.
12:15That's what you get!
12:19His brother died horribly because of you. Of course he wants revenge. That's only right.
12:28Stella, Lucas, you have to do something about this!
12:33Whatever happens to her, she brought on herself. We just can't let it come back on you two.
12:36Mom, don't worry. With me and Lucas here, nothing will happen to Mentor.
12:42We've already had a word with them.
12:45And her eyes swept over me with a look that wasn't quite a smile.
12:49Something inside me went cold. What are Lucas and Stella planning now?
12:55In the days that followed, the area outside my apartment grew increasingly hostile.
13:00At first, scattered shouts. Then, pounding on the door. Death threats!
13:05The families of the wrongly convicted poured all their pain and fury onto me.
13:11I sat inside and listened to the crash of fists against my door. The curses seeping through the walls.
13:19Each impact felt like it landed on my chest.
13:22One afternoon, my parents came. They stood at the door and didn't step inside.
13:31Serena, how many more problems are you going to cause?
13:34Those people out there make noise every single day. The neighbors are all talking. You've made us a complete embarrassment.
13:44I'm begging you. Go out and talk to them yourself. Apologize. Make them stop.
13:51We can't be under this kind of strain. If anything happens to her or the baby, how do we face
13:56Lucas?
13:56I looked at her.
13:57This door is this precious.
14:00My chest tightened until I could barely breathe. Go and talk to them?
14:04Mom? In front of people blinded by grief and rage, that was the same as asking me to walk into
14:10my own death.
14:11Mom. Dad.
14:13My voice came out raw, the last of my effort.
14:16Have you ever once considered that I was innocent? What happened back then, it was Lucas Drakes and Stella Holt
14:23who-
14:25Enough!
14:27Even now, you refuse to own what you did. You want to drag Stella and Lucas through the mud after
14:33everything they've done for us.
14:35They've been better to us than you ever were. Stella saved your father's life. You have no conscience left.
14:46Say another word against them and we'll pretend we never had you.
14:49Then, Stella's voice drifted in from the hallway.
14:53Mom, Dad. Why did you come here? It's not safe.
14:58My parents, the moment they saw her, softened completely.
15:02Stella, this is no place for you and your condition. Be careful.
15:07How are you and the little one and Lucas? Please take care.
15:10They surrounded her. Every murmured word of care was a pin pressed quietly into my skin.
15:16I stood and watched this scene of family warmth that had no place for me.
15:21The last trace of hope I'd kept for them ran out. Stella soothed them and guided them back down the
15:28hall.
15:28As she passed me, her eyes moved over mine. There was a satisfaction in them, barely hidden.
15:34A few days later, my mother called. Her voice, for the first time in years, was soft.
15:41I really craved the honey cake from the old bakery at the southern end of the town. Could you go
15:48buy some?
15:49I went out. Just as I turned into a quiet side alley, several figures rushed out from behind. A bag
15:55went over my head. The world went black.
16:00A tremendous force drove me into the ground. The back of my skull hitting cold pavement.
16:06You filthy animal. We finally got you. Pay for the ones you killed.
16:12Fists and boots became like hailstones. I curled in trying to protect my core, but each glow drove through me.
16:19Every breath brought a sharp, metallic breath.
16:22I lost track of time. Eventually, I was dropped onto the ground. The bag was torn away. The dim light
16:28made my eyes ache.
16:31A younger man with red-winged eyes lifted a broken bottle.
16:34My brother was only 19. His whole life was ahead of him. You took it.
16:40If you hadn't closed the case so fast, the real killer wouldn't have run free for years. The evidence wouldn't
16:46have been so hard to find.
16:47And here you are, still alive. Why? Why should you be?
16:54Hot blood poured from my arm.
16:56I bet you didn't know it was your own mother who helped lure you out here.
17:00All they asked was that we leave Lucas Drake's and his family out of it. You're pathetic. Even your own
17:07parents gave you up.
17:09My consciousness blurred at the edges. My mother's voice calling me out the door with her soft request still echoed
17:16somewhere.
17:17I hadn't misread her. I had just wanted too much to be forgiven.
17:22The blood loss and pain started making me shake uncontrollably. The warmth leaving my body.
17:27Above me, they raised an iron bar. I looked at it, and I closed my eyes.
17:31Being alive is too exhausting. My parents' contempt. My ex-husband's betrayal. My apprentices' calculated destruction.
17:39In the blur of it, I drifted back to being small. When thunder shook the house at night and I
17:44was scared,
17:44my father would quietly get up and leave the light on. My mother would sit beside me and pat my
17:49back in slow,
17:50steady strokes. Her voice was the most reassuring sound in the world.
17:53It's okay, baby. Mommy and daddy will keep you safe. Don't be scared. That voice seemed to get clearer,
17:59not fainter. Tears moved down the side of my face. My lips moved without sound.
18:04Mom, I'm not scared. A strange peace spread through every limb. If my dying would finally
18:09give them rest, maybe that was alright. The bar swung toward my skull. In the final second before it hit,
18:15a voice rang through the space. Stand down! Police! Outside, the shriek of sirens tore through the night.
18:23That shout, stand down, was clear and certain. A man's voice. Then the sirens came,
18:28red and blue light strobing through the broken warehouse windows. A figure broke through the door
18:33first. Fast, clean, no wasted motion. When he turned, I stopped breathing. It was Ethan Solis,
18:38State Bureau Investigator, my junior from the police academy. Nobody move! Ethan had his weapon trained
18:43on the ringleader, his gaze steel-edged. The officers behind him flooded the space and took control.
18:48The men were pressed to the floor, cuffed. Ethan crossed the warehouse in quick strides,
18:53crouched beside me, and assessed my injuries. When he saw my arm, the torn skin, the blood,
18:58his eyes went red at the rims. He controlled it. He pressed to the wound with practiced efficiency.
19:03Stay with me. The ambulance is on its way. His voice was quiet. Underneath it,
19:07barely there, was a tremor. I tried to pull together something like a smile. Ethan Solis!
19:12What are you doing here? Later, he said simply. His eyes didn't leave the wound.
19:18At the hospital, Ethan used the investigation as his reason to stay. Once the medical staff were
19:22gone and only the two of us remained in the room, he spoke. Serena, after I transferred back to the
19:27State Bureau, I never stopped watching your case. I always felt something was wrong with what happened
19:32eight years ago. He set an encrypted drive on the nightstand. This is everything I've gathered
19:40quietly over the years. It can't fully prove your innocence yet, but it shows clearly that the
19:43case was full of unanswered questions. Why? Because I know you. I know who you are. I know
19:50you would never have done what they said you did. I've been waiting for the right moment.
19:55Then the door opened. Lucas Drake walked in, Stella Holt a step behind him. When they saw Ethan,
20:00both of their expressions shifted. Just for a second. Lucas recovered first.
20:06Investigator Solis, what brings you here? Executing official duties, Commissioner Drake.
20:11The State Bureau has decided to open an investigation into the assault on Mrs. Voss.
20:16Stella moved quickly to the bedside, voice full of concern.
20:20Mentor, are you all right? Lucas and I were up all night worrying.
20:24Her performance made my stomach clench. Ethan glanced at her once, coldly, and said nothing.
20:27Serena, you have my word. This will be investigated fully. And how will that investigation proceed,
20:33Commissioner Drake? The way you closed things eight years ago? Or will you be looking for another
20:38substitute? The room went silent. On Ethan's insistence, I was moved to a hospital designated
20:44by the State Bureau. He arranged for a protective detail and personally oversaw my recovery. One evening,
20:48he wheeled me through the hospital garden at dusk. You can't keep disappearing into yourself like this.
20:52He paused beside a bench. Do you remember the oath we took at the academy?
20:58That no matter what we faced, we would see to it that justice reached the victims?
21:02I looked at the sun lowering at the edge of the sky and said nothing. Eight years had trained me
21:06to
21:06carry everything alone. Ethan crouched in front of me to meet my eye level. Serena, give me a chance,
21:11and give yourself one. Let's find the truth together. His eyes were clear and steady, and they brought
21:17back the image of a younger version of him. Always, one step behind me in the academy halls, asking question
21:22after question. He'd grown into a man who could carry a room on his own, but that stubbornness had
21:26never changed. Just then, my parents appeared at the garden entrance. They hovered at a distance,
21:30uncertain, not quite able to approach. Ethan stood and spoke in a tone that was calm, but left no room
21:34for argument. Mr. and Mrs. Voss, Serena needs rest. If you genuinely care about her, please give her time.
21:41My mother nodded, crying quietly. We understand. Ethan, thank you for looking after her.
21:47My father bowed deeply, tears running down his face. I'm sorry, Serena. We never thought they
21:54would go that far. Looking at them, at their guilt and their grief, I felt something complicated move
21:58through me. Ethan quietly wrapped his hand around mine. The warmth was something I had almost forgotten
22:03existed. Slowly, under Ethan's encouragement, I began to look back at the case. We moved apart from
22:10everyone at the city department, and with old Ray's quiet assistance, gathered evidence in secret.
22:14Look here. Late at night in the hospital room, I pointed to the case photos on the laptop screen.
22:20When the third victim's body was found, the soil samples from the scene didn't match the soil of
22:26the location where the body was dumped. Ethan leaned in close. His hair brushed against my cheek.
22:32Which means that wasn't the primary scene. How did the original investigation completely miss
22:36something this significant? It wasn't missed. Someone deliberately overlooked it.
22:40We looked at each other. We both saw the same conclusion in the other's eyes. As the investigation
22:46deepened, more inconsistencies surfaced. Missing physical evidence, contradictory testimony,
22:51altered forensic records. One evening, I found the forensic technician who handled the original scene.
22:57Three months after the case closed, he resigned and moved abroad. And his bank account received a large,
23:04unexplained transfer around the same time. Can we trace where the money came from? The funds were moved
23:08through multiple channels. They end in an offshore shell company. He paused. But I noticed one detail.
23:16That company was registered at the exact time Stella Holt made her first official overseas study trip.
23:22My phone lit up with a message from an unknown number. Stop the investigation,
23:26or your parents will suffer the consequences. The threat didn't stop us. If anything, it made us more
23:34certain. Ethan arranged for my parents to be moved somewhere safe. We chose a different line of
23:38approach. We went back and spoke to the original victims' families. In a bare, simple rental apartment,
23:44we found the mother of the first victim. Eight years later, this woman was still drowning in the loss of
23:48her
23:48son. He was a good boy. She held his photograph as she spoke. He never went out alone late at
23:54night.
23:54That evening, he left because of a phone call. That detail had never appeared in the official case
24:00file. Do you remember anything about who called? Ethan asked gently. The woman shook her head.
24:05Only that I heard him say, Sure, Stella. When we left, Ethan held my hand without letting go. We both
24:13understood what we had just found. As the interviews continued, more and more threads pointed towards
24:18Stella Holt. Yet every time we seemed to reach the truth, key evidence would vanish. Witnesses would
24:23change their accounts. Someone is actively working against us. Ethan said one night,
24:29exhausted, pressing his fingers to his temple. And whoever it is knows everything we're doing.
24:33I looked at the lines of tiredness in his face and felt a weight of guilt. I'm sorry for pulling
24:40you
24:40into this. He raised his head. The light in his eyes was unwavering. I chose this, and I believe
24:46justice finds its way eventually.
24:50Then the unexpected happened. On a rainy night, Lucas Drake came to my door alone. He was soaking wet,
24:56his face the color of ash. Serena, I… He saw Ethan sitting in the room and stopped.
25:03I'll make some tea. Lucas called after him. Investigator Solace, stay. This concerns you too.
25:11These years, I have lived with the guilt. The truth is I did hide things back then. I think
25:18it's time I gave you both an answer. Neither Ethan nor I spoke. Lucas continued.
25:23The night it happened, Stella did go out. When she came back, there was blood on her clothes.
25:31She told me she'd come across a traffic accident, but… But what?
25:35The next morning, the murders were reported. Stella realized I had noticed something.
25:43She came to me on her knees and begged. There was already a child. I told myself I was protecting
25:52the
25:52family. So, when she suggested altering the forensic report, I let her. Why are you telling us this now?
26:03Because I found out. What? She may be connected to other cases. This is beyond what I can cover for
26:11anymore. Just as Lucas slid a folder of key evidence across the table, the sound of tires
26:16screeching to a stop came from outside. We moved to the window. Several black vehicles, figures in dark
26:22clothing moving fast toward the building entrance. Lucas had gone completely pale. They know I'm here.
26:28Ethan made the call instantly. The service stairwell. Now.
26:35Ethan got us to a State Bureau safe house before dawn. The evidence Lucas had handed over wasn't
26:39enough to close the case, but it pointed the way forward. We need a DNA sample from Stella Holt.
26:45Ethan said, spreading the files across the table. If we can compare it against the biological material
26:50recovered from the original crime scenes, it's over. For the first time in eight years, I could feel the
26:56shape of something solid beneath my feet. Then old Ray called with news that hit like ice water.
27:01Stella Holt had filed for emergency leave. She booked an international flight for tomorrow morning.
27:06She's running. I said it before I'd finished the thought.
27:10No time to push through a formal arrest warrant. We have to get to the airport.
27:14We drove through the dark without speaking. The highway was empty. The only sound was the engine
27:18and my own heartbeat steady and low. We were there before first light.
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